Because it takes many man-hours to backport the fixes, build the code, test the build, Q.A. the build, sign the build, and then push it through the distribution system. They have been doing it for over 10 years, and they simply don't want to continue spending resources in supporting it that could be used to build better, newer software.
Chances are the software won't run on Windows 7 because said software was making use of "features" of XP that were actually not supposed to be used that way, be it internal features, undefined behaviour, or implementation errors. The bigger issue is driver compatibility, where it is not so easy to keep supporting old driver models.
In a way, semi-permanent is better given capitalism: the chances of it being commercially manufactured are higher if people have to pay more than once. Heck it wouldn't surprise me if they weakened the treatment enough that the chances of it NOT being permanent are somewhat higher, while still keeping reasonably low death rates.
Yes, but eventually XP will not support new hardware so upgrading will not be an option anymore. By then, your software will probably not work in the latest OS so you will be stuck with software that requires an ancient OS, which in turn requires ancient hardware. And it wouldn't be the first time it has happened. You just have to look at all those computers still running DOS or Windows 3.x.
Crappy, even with new batteries. It worked, but it was never really smooth. Since I didn't know what to blame, I chose to blame both, and promised myself to never buy a wireless mouse or keyboard again, and to avoid Microsoft-branded hardware.
It is most definitely the case, but it's extremely hard for me to remove something from my blacklist once it gets a place in it. In contrast, my Logitech G500 wired mouse worked so well, when it started acting up I bought another one. And then fixed the first one since I learned that the issue was easy to fix. So now I have a working G500, and another working G500 to be used in an emergency or as a source of spare parts.
It is a common mistake to assume that an old machine has already been paid: the cost of maintenance tends to grow with time, while the value of the machine drops. There's usually a very definite point after which it is not worth maintaining an old machine, but usually by that time you have spent more money in unnecessary maintenance than you would have spent in upgrading the system when it was the right time.
The same cost exists for software, although because of it's virtual nature, the cost of maintenance grows more because of obsolescence or lack of support, rather than repairs or replacement parts.
I had a wireless Microsoft mouse once, it lasted around a week on fresh new AAA batteries, after which it would start failing to transmit to the pc properly, until it just simply did not work. I decided not to every try any piece of hardware made by Microsoft again. In contrast, my experience is that any other OS I have tried fails to compare to a Windows 7 installation, including other versions of Windows.
Modern apps (the new name of metro) use WinRT, which is NOT a complete CLI environment. It has a subset of the CLR classes, and then adds some proprietary extensions to it. It's designed to ease the walled garden lock-in, not to improve the programming experience.
If.NET has been neglected somewhat, it's simply because it's not profitable enough to justify any more spending on the platform.
Not true..NET assemblies are able to use both standard exports (C functions), and COM libraries (which can be coded in C, C++, VisualBasic 6,...), and can also export COM interfaces to the.NET classes and through the use of assembly modification tools, also export C functions.
You can still hear, though. Sound waves can travel through your nose and mouth, and through your bones. In that room there's no sound, at all. Anything you hear will come from inside your own body.
I wouldn't last more than a minute there, though. I become anxious within a few minutes of wearing earplugs, and I need them to swim underwater.
Agreed: Both my Vertex3 and my Vertex4 work perfectly well. I did have some issue with the Vertex3 at the beginning, but it was easily fixed with a firmware update.
Blizzard still keeps refining the group system, even. For the next expansion, they plan to give more bonuses to friends who join the finder together: and they said a group re-queueing after a successful dungeon will count as a group of friends, and get the bonuses.
I have tried many MMORPGs. I have enjoyed some more than others, but it saddens me to say this: World of Warcraft is still the best choice.
- I tried LOTRO back in the beta, but it was so bad back then that I didn't bother with the real thing.
- I played through the first 24 levels in Aion, but then I started running out of content (the game expected me to grind the rest of the exp without content), so it also went into the blacklist.
- I enjoyed RIFT for a while, but although it has some interesting concepts, it always felt like just an attempt at copying WoW's style.
- I loved GW2's gameplay and event system, but it was too shallow overall.
- TERA's gameplay was not too bad, but it was unremarkable, it did not hook me in.
- I liked Neverwinter, but the paywalls made it annoying.
- I hated FF14, and I dislike FF14arr nearly as much. People seem to like it, but I did not manage to see how it is any better than the original.
I probably forget some, but that simply means they are not even worth mentioning.
1. You can tweak your algorithms so that they minimize the error instead of accumulating it -- which you should be doing regardless of your need for reproducibility --, or
2. You can use alternative methods like software implementations of floating point, "decimal" (look at the System.Decimal type in.NET for an example), or even arbitrary-precision libraries.
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Because it takes many man-hours to backport the fixes, build the code, test the build, Q.A. the build, sign the build, and then push it through the distribution system. They have been doing it for over 10 years, and they simply don't want to continue spending resources in supporting it that could be used to build better, newer software.
Chances are the software won't run on Windows 7 because said software was making use of "features" of XP that were actually not supposed to be used that way, be it internal features, undefined behaviour, or implementation errors. The bigger issue is driver compatibility, where it is not so easy to keep supporting old driver models.
The bit where they give "exclusive rights to digitize" would imply otherwise... but I may have misread.
If your computer does not have UEFI, then it's probably older than what Valve has in mind.
In a way, semi-permanent is better given capitalism: the chances of it being commercially manufactured are higher if people have to pay more than once. Heck it wouldn't surprise me if they weakened the treatment enough that the chances of it NOT being permanent are somewhat higher, while still keeping reasonably low death rates.
Yes, but eventually XP will not support new hardware so upgrading will not be an option anymore. By then, your software will probably not work in the latest OS so you will be stuck with software that requires an ancient OS, which in turn requires ancient hardware. And it wouldn't be the first time it has happened. You just have to look at all those computers still running DOS or Windows 3.x.
Crappy, even with new batteries. It worked, but it was never really smooth. Since I didn't know what to blame, I chose to blame both, and promised myself to never buy a wireless mouse or keyboard again, and to avoid Microsoft-branded hardware.
It is most definitely the case, but it's extremely hard for me to remove something from my blacklist once it gets a place in it. In contrast, my Logitech G500 wired mouse worked so well, when it started acting up I bought another one. And then fixed the first one since I learned that the issue was easy to fix. So now I have a working G500, and another working G500 to be used in an emergency or as a source of spare parts.
It is a common mistake to assume that an old machine has already been paid: the cost of maintenance tends to grow with time, while the value of the machine drops. There's usually a very definite point after which it is not worth maintaining an old machine, but usually by that time you have spent more money in unnecessary maintenance than you would have spent in upgrading the system when it was the right time.
The same cost exists for software, although because of it's virtual nature, the cost of maintenance grows more because of obsolescence or lack of support, rather than repairs or replacement parts.
I had a wireless Microsoft mouse once, it lasted around a week on fresh new AAA batteries, after which it would start failing to transmit to the pc properly, until it just simply did not work. I decided not to every try any piece of hardware made by Microsoft again. In contrast, my experience is that any other OS I have tried fails to compare to a Windows 7 installation, including other versions of Windows.
Well there are such things as different kinds of C. You could have to interface cpu-C with gpu-C (like cuda).
Modern apps (the new name of metro) use WinRT, which is NOT a complete CLI environment. It has a subset of the CLR classes, and then adds some proprietary extensions to it. It's designed to ease the walled garden lock-in, not to improve the programming experience.
If .NET has been neglected somewhat, it's simply because it's not profitable enough to justify any more spending on the platform.
Not true. .NET assemblies are able to use both standard exports (C functions), and COM libraries (which can be coded in C, C++, VisualBasic 6, ...), and can also export COM interfaces to the .NET classes and through the use of assembly modification tools, also export C functions.
I'd guess it would make it worse. You'd still be deprived of external input, so you'd be hearing the tinnitus almost exclusively.
You can still hear, though. Sound waves can travel through your nose and mouth, and through your bones. In that room there's no sound, at all. Anything you hear will come from inside your own body.
I wouldn't last more than a minute there, though. I become anxious within a few minutes of wearing earplugs, and I need them to swim underwater.
In many countries, it's illegal to make paper money transactions over a certain amount of money.
Maybe they don't want to teach kids how to program, they want to raise a generation of dumb web developers instead.
Hmm that was the wrong product... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LPFEDO these use a passive filter, and should be much cheaper (if you can consider $300 cheap).
Too late: http://evenamed.com/products/glasses
I thought the media companies proved you could sue for downloading AND uploading, and get money for the same "damages" twice?
"Oh my god I bought a bicycle and now I realize I am supposed to work the pedals myself! It sucks! Where is my engine?!"
So you bought a product without first checking its specifications, and then it turns out it doesn't fit your needs? Your own fault.
Agreed: Both my Vertex3 and my Vertex4 work perfectly well. I did have some issue with the Vertex3 at the beginning, but it was easily fixed with a firmware update.
Blizzard still keeps refining the group system, even. For the next expansion, they plan to give more bonuses to friends who join the finder together: and they said a group re-queueing after a successful dungeon will count as a group of friends, and get the bonuses.
I have tried many MMORPGs. I have enjoyed some more than others, but it saddens me to say this: World of Warcraft is still the best choice.
- I tried LOTRO back in the beta, but it was so bad back then that I didn't bother with the real thing.
- I played through the first 24 levels in Aion, but then I started running out of content (the game expected me to grind the rest of the exp without content), so it also went into the blacklist.
- I enjoyed RIFT for a while, but although it has some interesting concepts, it always felt like just an attempt at copying WoW's style.
- I loved GW2's gameplay and event system, but it was too shallow overall.
- TERA's gameplay was not too bad, but it was unremarkable, it did not hook me in.
- I liked Neverwinter, but the paywalls made it annoying.
- I hated FF14, and I dislike FF14arr nearly as much. People seem to like it, but I did not manage to see how it is any better than the original.
I probably forget some, but that simply means they are not even worth mentioning.
1. You can tweak your algorithms so that they minimize the error instead of accumulating it -- which you should be doing regardless of your need for reproducibility --, or
2. You can use alternative methods like software implementations of floating point, "decimal" (look at the System.Decimal type in .NET for an example), or even arbitrary-precision libraries.